The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-05-21

AFTER aWhiie we turn around ana head
the other wag, toward Christ, and
pardon. and heaven, oh, then how we
have TO lay 10 the oarsl You all
have your temptation. You have one
kind, YOU another, you another, not
che person escaping. Ii is steady
Il could not be tempted as you are
How illustrative OF the power of
temptationl You think II is a weak
and crippled influence; but give il
chance and il will be tyrant in your
soul; ID will grind you 10 atoms. No
man has finally and forever overcome
temptation until he has left the world.
But what are you 20 do with these
temptations? Tell everybody about
themg All, what silly man you
would bel
Our text intimates something differ
ent. In those eyes that wept with the
Bethany sisters see shining hope. In
that voice which spake until the grave
broke and tho widow OF Main had back
her lost son, and the sea slept, and
sorrow stupendous woke up In the
arms OF rapture-in that voice l hear
the word Of command and the prom
Use:
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he
will sustain thee.
Why should you carry your burdens
any longerg Oh, you weary soul, Christ
has been in the conflict. He says:
My grace shall be sufficient for you.
You shall not be tempted above that you
are able TO bear.
Therefore, with all your tempta-
tons, go, as these disciples did, and
/ tell Jesus.
Again, | recommend the behavior of
the disciples to all those who are
abused and slandered and prosecuted.
When Herod put John TO death the
disciples knew that their own heads
were not safe. And do you know that
every John has Herodg There are
persons in life who do not wish you
very well. Your misfortunes are hon
eycombs TO them. Through their teeth
they hiss at you, misinterpret your
motives, and would be glad to see you
upset. No man gets through life with
out having pummeling. Some SLAM
der comes after you, horned and husked
and hoofed, TO gore and trample you;
and what are you TO dor | tell you
plainly that all who serve Christ must
suffer persecution.
And set it down as the very worst
sign in all your Christian experience If
you are, any OF you, at peace with the
world The religion of Christ is war.
IL Is a challenge TO "the world,
the flesh and the devil" and If
you will buckle on the whole armor of
God you will find great host disput-
ing your path between this and heaven.
But what are you 10 do when you are
assaulted and slandered and abused,
as | suppose nearly all of you have
been in your life? Go out and hunt up
the slandererY o, no, silly mani While
you are explaining away a falsehood
in one place fifty people will just have
heard Of 1t in other places.
| counsel you to another course.
While you are not TO omit any oppor-
tunity Of setting yourselves right, |
want 10 tell you this morning OF one
who had the hardest things said about
him, whose sobrlety was disputed,
whose mission was secuted, whose
companionship was denounced, who
was pursued as a babe and spit upon
as q man, who was howled at after he
was dead. | will have you 60 unto
him with your bruised soul, in some
humble child-prayer, saying;
81 see thy wounds wounds Of head,
wounds of feet, wounds of heart. Now,
look at my wounds, and see what |
have suffered, and through what bat
ties l am going; and | entreat thee,
by those wounds of thine, sympathize
with me-"
And he will sympathize, and he will
help. Go and tell jesus
Again, commend the behavior OF
the disciples TO all who may have been
bereayed. How many in garb Of
mourningi III you could stand at this
point where am standing and look
off upon this audience, how many
signals Of sorrow you would behold
God has his own way of taking apart
family. We must get out of the way
for coming generations. We must get
off the stage that others may come on,
and for this reason there Is a long pro-
cession reaching down all the time into
the valley OF shadows.
This emigration from time into
eternity is so vast an enterprise that
we can not understand IT, Every hour
we hear the clang Of the sepulchral
gate. The sod must be broken. The